'ON-THE-JOB' TRAINING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-05252A000300050025-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 7, 2002
• Sequence Number: 25
• Publication Date: March 30, 1956
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Training Officer, Office of the Comptroller
Training Officer, Office of Communications
Training Officer, Office of Logistics
Training Officer, Office of Personnel
Training Officer, Office of Security
Training Officer, Medical Staff
SUBJECT . "On-the-Job" Trainirg
1. A subptantia]..,amount of the technical proficiency training
undertaken in the various Support Services is accomplished by the
method of"On-the-Job" training rather than by formal classroom
work. Since this type of training frequently is unstructured, it
is important that all Support Services have a common concept of
what properly may be considered to be "On-the-Job" training.
2. Within the Support Services the following criteria will
apply
"On-the-Job" training consists of assignment of
staff personnel to learn through doing provided
that:
. a. the assignment is pursuant to a pre-determined
training objective in terms of skill,. knowledge, compre-
hension or any combination of these.
b. the period of such assignment is fixed either
as to time or as:to level of achievement.
c. an individual of journeyman skills or a super-
visor has been designated to guide, plan, review and
report on the progress of the trainee in the program.
d. productive work is not a primary objective
during the assignment but only an incidential by-product
of the. process of learning by doing.
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3. In compiling and reporting statistics regarding "On-the-Job"
training within your component, please adhere strictly to this
criteria.
Special Assistant to the
Deputy Director (Support)
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